Abe Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln depicted in a mural in Ottawa, Illinois, returning from the Black Hawk War, 1832.

I was prompted to post this and the following image after I read that Steven Spielberg just cast Jeremy Irons to play Lincoln in a movie. The Black Hawk war lasted only a few months, and Lincoln saw no action except against mosquitoes. Interestingly, Jefferson Davis also served in that war.

Another mural in Ottawa, Illinois, depicting the first Lincoln-Douglas debate.

2 responses to “Abe Lincoln”

Yup. The “war” ended with the battle of Bad Axe, which was really just a slaughter, with many native women and children being killed. Abe Lincoln, as far as is known, never saw a battle in the war or fired a shot.